The storm headed toward the Portland area Sunday night. Portland General Electric reported that about 65,000 customers were without power at 11:30 p.m., with most of the problems south and west of Portland.

The storm began to abate early Monday morning. Crews were working to restore power to the thousands still without it.

In the mountain areas, meanwhile, as of midday Sunday up to a foot had fallen in some parts of the Cascades, with another eight to 14 inches expected overnight, followed by six to 12 more inches today.

Lower elevations were seeing rain but it was not expected to raise rivers back to flood stage.